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Title: No Defense by Wilhelm ISBN: 1-55166-785-1 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent outing for Wilhelm's character, Barbara Holloway..
Comment: "No Defense" brings out the best in Kate Wilhelm's style of courtroom drama. The reality of the criminal courtroom in her series is really not the time in court (punctuated by unexpected admissions of guilt or anguish by witnesses or defendants, that you see in TV courtrooms) but the planning, strategy and negotiation that goes on before the trial starts, during the trial, in and around the offices of the defense and the prosecutor, and the location where the defendant is held until the trial is concluded.
Without the hystrionics, Wilhelm's courtroom may be a little too colorless for both, as well might her main character, Barbara,
who has no quirky behaviors or hidden secrets. Barbara's main relationship in life is with her attorney father - another reason why the series may be too boring for those who like the addition of sex and violence.
Nevertheless, the straightforward telling of a murder case that may have been a suicide was difficult for me to put down, and the final actions and reactions that reveal the murderer, and a lot of the town secrets, kept me guessing up to the final pages.
Throw in some terrific writing about scenic Oregon (most of us will learn for the first time about the desert in the eastern part of the state), and a bit of comedy connected with Frank Holloway's budding career as a writer, and you get a terrific tale that you will really enjoy.
A talented, award-winning novelist who can outcraft the "attorneys who are also novelists", Wilhelm will quickly become a favorite for you.
Rating: 4
Summary: A fun, engrossing read
Comment: If you like mysteries, then you should read about Barbara Holloway, super sleuth/lawyer who rescues another victim of shady proceedings. This one barely had any defense when Barbara is called upon to defend the wife of a man who was killed in an accident. Only, after an investigation, the man was discovered to be murdered and the spotlight of suspicion turns upon his wife. Barbara has to find evidence that the wife didn't do it ~~ and she takes you along on a journey of investigating what really happened that night on the mountaintop!!
Once again, Kate Wilhelm takes you along for a ride. She draws you into the story ~~ just look at the first sentence in the book ... "The rising sun is veiled with desert haze, rose-red streaks extending north and south against a royal blue that only gradually turns maeve." And there you go ... hooked into the story with its backdrop against the desert and the mountains.
Wilhem is a master writer ~~ everyone should try reading one of her Holloway books and once they do, they're fans for life. Wilhelm doesn't disappoint her readers!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great legal suspense
Comment: Combine a suicide which might be a murder, a young widow with a big insurance payoff, an old unsolved disappearance/murder, a rich family which controls the county, and a federal judge with secrets and you have the ingredients for a first-rate mystery. As this story unfolds and Barbara Holloway, a no-nonsense lawyer, comes onboard to protect the interests of the widow, we know that something dark happened and we know that more than one person is hiding knowledge of just what happened. Not until near the end, however, does the author unveil the explosive secrets. This novel will grab your attention from the beginning and the suspense will sustain you 'til the denouement. It is, in a word, excellent.
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Title: Defense for the Devil by Kate Wilhelm ISBN: 1551666286 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Death Qualified by Kate Wilhelm ISBN: 1551668726 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Deepest Water by Kate Wilhelm ISBN: 1551668467 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Skeletons by Kate Wilhelm ISBN: 1551667495 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Desperate Measures by Kate Wilhelm ISBN: 1551669072 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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